Since I was still in Puerto Rico for a portion of this week there still isn't much that got accomplished. Other than business stuff I did complete one class and I think I got an A. I also got my closet cleaned and much of the house straightened up. I really need to get the product that is in boxes all over my living room into storage. Everywhere I look there is a box filled with something!
1) I got tons of supplies in. I rearranged my storage cupboards, my entire workspace, my drying/curing racks, and my supplies in general. It is much easier to find things as I put nice big labels on everything. I spent lots of hours on the phone trying to track down supplies that I didn't receive and have had to even call the credit card company to put a stop payment on some things. What a hassle!
2) I melted down all the cocoa butter I bought into manageable ice cube size pieces. I get it in a huge 35 lb piece that I need to break apart with a hammer and chisel. (well this time C did the hard labor) Then I melt it down and put it into ice cube trays so it is easier to measure out later.
3) I made three big batches of soap: Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, Black Cherry Oatmeal, and Figment.
4) Got all the lotion bars (300) that were made last week labeled and shrink wrapped.
5) 130 fizzys made
I have to admit I had help getting all of this stuff done; as usual C & J really came through.
I have my first show for the year next weekend- it is a Wholesale Show so I hope to come back with lots of accounts and a list of store you can find my stuff in. Wish me luck!
1.31.2005
Ingredient for the Week- Beeswax
How do bees make Beeswax?
Beeswax is produced by bees in the form of tiny scales which are "sweated" from the segments on the underside of the abdomen. To stimulate the production of beeswax the bees gorge themselves with honey or sugar syrup and huddle together to raise the temperature of the cluster. To produce one pound of wax requires the bees to consume about ten pounds of honey.
http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/wax.html
How is the wax seperated from the honey?
Four main types of extractors are used to separate wax from honey and hive debris:
§ solar extractor : Solar extractors are insulated containers painted with a dark colour inside and covered with a single or double sheet of glass. The wax is placed on gauze or an excluder above a draining tray, and the molten wax flows into a mould
§ wax press : The wax press consists of a strong cylinder with a plunger attached to a coarse screw. Heating can be supplied by steam or an electric element. The press is partly filled with water and the contents soaked for a couple of hours before the heat is applied. After boiling gently until heat penetrates the material, the press is screwed down and most of the remaining wax floats to the surface. When the water level is raised, the wax flows out into a mould.
§ cappings reducer or melter: Cappings melters are commonly built of stainless steel and have an electric heating element in the base. The element is completely covered with water and the wax cappings added. By adding water into the bottom of the melter, the liquid wax rises until it flows out through a 1 to 3 mm gauze strainer into moulds. Moulds should have tapered sides to allow the wax to be easily removed.
§ hot box melter : melter consists of a stainless steel tank fitted with a honey gate at the base.The whole tank, except the outlet gate, is fitted into an insulated box. The box is heated with 'pyrotenax' cable or a fan heater with an accurate thermostat. Cappings containing honey from a cappings spinner are placed in the tank. As the honey and wax melt, the honey runs out the honey gate. When the honey has been removed, hot water is added to the tank to raise the level of the wax. After settling, the wax can be ladled out, or, if the tank is fitted with a water inlet and a spout, clean wax can be poured into blocks ready for sale
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/bees/4908.html
How is beeswax bleached?
The rich color of beeswax is a result of the floral sources the bees forage on. Beeswax is almost pure white when first secreted, but gets its color from the pollen and propolis the bees gather. The natural variations in color range from almost white to almost black.
http://www.blessedbee.ca/encyclopedia/beeswax/
There are three major types of beeswax: a yellow kind, a white variety (bleached beeswax), and beeswax absolute (absolute cire d' abeille ). Yellow beeswax is the crude beeswax first obtained from the honeycombs themselves. White beeswax and beeswax absolute are derived from yellow beeswax, the former by bleaching with the combined action of air, sunlight, and moisture (or with peroxides) and the latter by extraction with alcohol.
http://www.herbs2000.com/bee_products/beeswax.htm
White beeswax is produced by bleaching the constituent pigments of yellow beeswax with peroxides, or preferably it is bleached by sun light.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1973
Beeswax is produced by bees in the form of tiny scales which are "sweated" from the segments on the underside of the abdomen. To stimulate the production of beeswax the bees gorge themselves with honey or sugar syrup and huddle together to raise the temperature of the cluster. To produce one pound of wax requires the bees to consume about ten pounds of honey.
http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/wax.html
How is the wax seperated from the honey?
Four main types of extractors are used to separate wax from honey and hive debris:
§ solar extractor : Solar extractors are insulated containers painted with a dark colour inside and covered with a single or double sheet of glass. The wax is placed on gauze or an excluder above a draining tray, and the molten wax flows into a mould
§ wax press : The wax press consists of a strong cylinder with a plunger attached to a coarse screw. Heating can be supplied by steam or an electric element. The press is partly filled with water and the contents soaked for a couple of hours before the heat is applied. After boiling gently until heat penetrates the material, the press is screwed down and most of the remaining wax floats to the surface. When the water level is raised, the wax flows out into a mould.
§ cappings reducer or melter: Cappings melters are commonly built of stainless steel and have an electric heating element in the base. The element is completely covered with water and the wax cappings added. By adding water into the bottom of the melter, the liquid wax rises until it flows out through a 1 to 3 mm gauze strainer into moulds. Moulds should have tapered sides to allow the wax to be easily removed.
§ hot box melter : melter consists of a stainless steel tank fitted with a honey gate at the base.The whole tank, except the outlet gate, is fitted into an insulated box. The box is heated with 'pyrotenax' cable or a fan heater with an accurate thermostat. Cappings containing honey from a cappings spinner are placed in the tank. As the honey and wax melt, the honey runs out the honey gate. When the honey has been removed, hot water is added to the tank to raise the level of the wax. After settling, the wax can be ladled out, or, if the tank is fitted with a water inlet and a spout, clean wax can be poured into blocks ready for sale
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/bees/4908.html
How is beeswax bleached?
The rich color of beeswax is a result of the floral sources the bees forage on. Beeswax is almost pure white when first secreted, but gets its color from the pollen and propolis the bees gather. The natural variations in color range from almost white to almost black.
http://www.blessedbee.ca/encyclopedia/beeswax/
There are three major types of beeswax: a yellow kind, a white variety (bleached beeswax), and beeswax absolute (absolute cire d' abeille ). Yellow beeswax is the crude beeswax first obtained from the honeycombs themselves. White beeswax and beeswax absolute are derived from yellow beeswax, the former by bleaching with the combined action of air, sunlight, and moisture (or with peroxides) and the latter by extraction with alcohol.
http://www.herbs2000.com/bee_products/beeswax.htm
White beeswax is produced by bleaching the constituent pigments of yellow beeswax with peroxides, or preferably it is bleached by sun light.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1973
1.25.2005
Ingredient for the Week- Coconut Oil
Learning about Coconut Oil this week was pretty difficult because if you surf the web you'll find dozens of claims about its medicinal uses. If you search any of these sites yourself, be sure to take these claims with a grain of salt and remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Where does coconut oil come from?
Coconut oils are derived from the nuts of the coconut palm (cocos nucifera. The tree is highly productive averaging a figure of 60 nuts per year. The mature nuts have a hard shell surrounded by a thick, tough, fibrous husk called "coir." Inside the shell is the coconut water and the white "meat" from which coconut "milk" is expressed. The meat also holds the oil, a mixture of mostly saturated tri(acyl)glycerides used for cooking, for makingsoap and for various cosmetics and personal-care products. Harvesting the nut before maturity yields more water and a smaller quantity of softer, more edible meat.
From http://journeytoforever.org/energiaweb/cocoil.htm
What is Coconut Oil?
There are basically two types of oils from the coconut- oil made from Copra (or the dried meat of the coconut) and Virgin Coconut Oil- made from fresh meat.
Oil made from Copra:
In copra processing, developed in the 19th century, coconutmeat is scraped out of the shell, and then sun-dried. The resulting copra can be stored for a long time before extracting the oil. This was essential in the days when a copra trading ship might call at a remote island only three times per year to buy raw material for a rendering plant hundreds or thousands of miles away.
http://journeytoforever.org/energiaweb/cocoil.htm
Once the copra is delivered to the mill it is put in a corkscrew like press at temperatures over 200 degrees F (called cold pressing). The "cold pressed" oil is actually a rancid oil labeled "crude coconut oil - not fit for human consumption". The crude coconut oil is then refined, bleached and deodorized so that it can be sold as a food.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
What is refining?
The refining process is done by adding caustic soda to the oil. The main purpose of refining is to take care of free fatty acids which are actually caused by the oil becoming rancid prior to processing.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
What is bleaching?
Then the oil is bleached which is usually done by passing it through diatomaceous earth. The main purpose of the filtering is to make the crude coconut oil into a clear oil.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
What is deodorizing??
The last step is deodorizing, as this coconut oil still has a bad taste to it. The deodorizing process is done by heating the oil up quite hot and bubbling gas through it while a vacuum pulls off the vapors. In the end you have a tasteless, odorless, coconut oil.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
Virgin Coconut Oil:
Virgin Coconut Oil can only be achieved by using fresh coconut meat.. Chemicals and high heating are not used in further refining. There are currently two main processes of manufacturing Virgin Coconut Oil:
2. Wet-milling. With this method the oil is extracted from fresh coconut meat without drying first. "Coconut milk" is expressed first by pressing. The oil is then further separated from the water. Methods which can be used to separate the oil from the water include boiling, fermentation, refrigeration, enzymes and mechanical centrifuge.
Where does coconut oil come from?
Coconut oils are derived from the nuts of the coconut palm (cocos nucifera. The tree is highly productive averaging a figure of 60 nuts per year. The mature nuts have a hard shell surrounded by a thick, tough, fibrous husk called "coir." Inside the shell is the coconut water and the white "meat" from which coconut "milk" is expressed. The meat also holds the oil, a mixture of mostly saturated tri(acyl)glycerides used for cooking, for makingsoap and for various cosmetics and personal-care products. Harvesting the nut before maturity yields more water and a smaller quantity of softer, more edible meat.
From http://journeytoforever.org/energiaweb/cocoil.htm
What is Coconut Oil?
There are basically two types of oils from the coconut- oil made from Copra (or the dried meat of the coconut) and Virgin Coconut Oil- made from fresh meat.
Oil made from Copra:
In copra processing, developed in the 19th century, coconutmeat is scraped out of the shell, and then sun-dried. The resulting copra can be stored for a long time before extracting the oil. This was essential in the days when a copra trading ship might call at a remote island only three times per year to buy raw material for a rendering plant hundreds or thousands of miles away.
http://journeytoforever.org/energiaweb/cocoil.htm
Once the copra is delivered to the mill it is put in a corkscrew like press at temperatures over 200 degrees F (called cold pressing). The "cold pressed" oil is actually a rancid oil labeled "crude coconut oil - not fit for human consumption". The crude coconut oil is then refined, bleached and deodorized so that it can be sold as a food.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
What is refining?
The refining process is done by adding caustic soda to the oil. The main purpose of refining is to take care of free fatty acids which are actually caused by the oil becoming rancid prior to processing.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
What is bleaching?
Then the oil is bleached which is usually done by passing it through diatomaceous earth. The main purpose of the filtering is to make the crude coconut oil into a clear oil.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
What is deodorizing??
The last step is deodorizing, as this coconut oil still has a bad taste to it. The deodorizing process is done by heating the oil up quite hot and bubbling gas through it while a vacuum pulls off the vapors. In the end you have a tasteless, odorless, coconut oil.
http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/store/refined_coconut_oil.htm
Virgin Coconut Oil:
Virgin Coconut Oil can only be achieved by using fresh coconut meat.. Chemicals and high heating are not used in further refining. There are currently two main processes of manufacturing Virgin Coconut Oil:
1. Quick drying of fresh coconut meat which is then used to press out the oil. Using this method, minimal heat is used to quick dry the coconut meat, and the oil is then pressed out via mechanical means.
2. Wet-milling. With this method the oil is extracted from fresh coconut meat without drying first. "Coconut milk" is expressed first by pressing. The oil is then further separated from the water. Methods which can be used to separate the oil from the water include boiling, fermentation, refrigeration, enzymes and mechanical centrifuge.
Week 3 Accomplishments
Well, not a lot got done during Week 3 because I took a little break and went to Puerto Rico for some sun & fun. Besides getting to visit some of C's family (which is always awesome), we went to Arecibo and saw the world's largest radio telescope. Go see the site at http://www.naic.edu . Even if you're not technically inclined, it is an amazing ride to get to it and then to think it was built in the 60's just is mind boggling. We also went to the Rio Camuy Cave Park. You can go to http://www.wavcentral.com/whites/puertorico/pr3.html to see some cool photos that aren't mine but give you the idea. And on Sunday we went to the Festival Calle San Sebastian. Once again, not my photos/web site but you can get a feel at http://www.studioporto.com/fiestasansebastian. We are going to look into becoming a vendor there and maybe fly down stuff and sell for the weekend; there are TONS of people!
Things that were accomplished:
1) The soap I got made last week got cut up, and some of it got milled so I could be a soapin' fool this week!
2) I figured out how to get pictures onto my blog. I'm so excited!
3) Since there just isn't enough room in the house to house all the soap and supplies I keep most things in a temperature controlled storage room at a local storage facility. I got over there and finally did an inventory of everything left from 2004. I got all the boxes for 2005 stuff labeled and set up, and I started going through my road boxes (stuff I bring to every show) to get those straightened out (like new first aid kits, etc.)
4) I made 300 lotion bars. They just need to be labeled and shrink wrapped.
Things that were accomplished:
1) The soap I got made last week got cut up, and some of it got milled so I could be a soapin' fool this week!
2) I figured out how to get pictures onto my blog. I'm so excited!
3) Since there just isn't enough room in the house to house all the soap and supplies I keep most things in a temperature controlled storage room at a local storage facility. I got over there and finally did an inventory of everything left from 2004. I got all the boxes for 2005 stuff labeled and set up, and I started going through my road boxes (stuff I bring to every show) to get those straightened out (like new first aid kits, etc.)
4) I made 300 lotion bars. They just need to be labeled and shrink wrapped.
1.17.2005
1.16.2005
Week 2 Accomplishments
Here is what has gotten acomplished on week 2 of 2005!
1) I finished and sent out items that I made for a swap. It is a new product that I have been working on and I am excited about the feedback I will be getting from these other soapmakers. They are ladies and gents that make exquisite products themselves, so I know I'll get honest and positive feedback.
2) I've gotten this blog up and running the way I want. Although I still need to figure out how to put up pictures.. but I'm sure that's not too far away.
3) I got all of the fragrance and essential oils I will need for '05 ordered. I've realized I have no clue where I will store them when they get here, or if I have enough Boston Rounds to store all the oil in either. I am also positive they will all come while I am away next week, leaving my neighbor with half a dozen leaking boxes, because the contents are always broken when I'm not home to get a hold of UPS and make a claim.
4) I got the '05 Welcome to the Fragrance of the Month Club out. This was impostant because one customer had given it as a birthday gift and it needed to be there by a specific date. Since the January FOTM was still curing I sent a box of the best sellers from'04 with a note :)
5) I got all the show applications due in January filled out and sent out. I tried again to get into Mayfair in Allentown. I wonder why I bother, its just throwing the $25 jury fee out the window. If I don't get in this year I officially give up!
6) The glitter gel got labeled
7) The bath fizzys got labeled
8) I made eight 16lb batches of soap. Unscented. It will be ready on Monday to mill and rebatch into something with fragrance and color.
9) I made test batches of the Figment, Almondine, Ginger-Lime, and Gardenia soaps. I think I like the color of the Figment, sort of mauve. Almondine is just goning to be tan, not much I can do about that, its because of the fragrance. Ginger-Lime looks like it should be Watermelon (pink & green) and I don't know if I will keep that for the final color or not. Gardenia I made a yellow and teal swirl. I think it will just be yellow and white for the final color, the teal seems gaudy.
10) I received 15 lbs of fragrance and got them rebottled into glass (shouldn't store fragrance in plastic). I have the best smelling garbage in town from disposing of the plastic containers they came in.
I made it though my first week of school with only one late assignment! So far classes are going well and I'm really getting into the groove.
Onward.....
1) I finished and sent out items that I made for a swap. It is a new product that I have been working on and I am excited about the feedback I will be getting from these other soapmakers. They are ladies and gents that make exquisite products themselves, so I know I'll get honest and positive feedback.
2) I've gotten this blog up and running the way I want. Although I still need to figure out how to put up pictures.. but I'm sure that's not too far away.
3) I got all of the fragrance and essential oils I will need for '05 ordered. I've realized I have no clue where I will store them when they get here, or if I have enough Boston Rounds to store all the oil in either. I am also positive they will all come while I am away next week, leaving my neighbor with half a dozen leaking boxes, because the contents are always broken when I'm not home to get a hold of UPS and make a claim.
4) I got the '05 Welcome to the Fragrance of the Month Club out. This was impostant because one customer had given it as a birthday gift and it needed to be there by a specific date. Since the January FOTM was still curing I sent a box of the best sellers from'04 with a note :)
5) I got all the show applications due in January filled out and sent out. I tried again to get into Mayfair in Allentown. I wonder why I bother, its just throwing the $25 jury fee out the window. If I don't get in this year I officially give up!
6) The glitter gel got labeled
7) The bath fizzys got labeled
8) I made eight 16lb batches of soap. Unscented. It will be ready on Monday to mill and rebatch into something with fragrance and color.
9) I made test batches of the Figment, Almondine, Ginger-Lime, and Gardenia soaps. I think I like the color of the Figment, sort of mauve. Almondine is just goning to be tan, not much I can do about that, its because of the fragrance. Ginger-Lime looks like it should be Watermelon (pink & green) and I don't know if I will keep that for the final color or not. Gardenia I made a yellow and teal swirl. I think it will just be yellow and white for the final color, the teal seems gaudy.
10) I received 15 lbs of fragrance and got them rebottled into glass (shouldn't store fragrance in plastic). I have the best smelling garbage in town from disposing of the plastic containers they came in.
I made it though my first week of school with only one late assignment! So far classes are going well and I'm really getting into the groove.
Onward.....
1.15.2005
Ingredient of the Week- Cocoa Butter
What is Cocoa Butter? (theobroma Cacoa Seed Butter)
...is an edible vegetable fat obtained from cocoa beans. Cocoa Butter contains natural antioxidants, provides a barrier on skin to help retain and restore moisture and improves skins elasticity (good for use on a pregnant tummy). Cocoa Butter is a stable butter with a shelf life of 2-5 years.
(From http://www.brambleberry.com/newsletter.html )
How is Cocoa Butter Extracted?
The fat or cocoa butter can be extracted from the bean in a number of ways. Pure press butter is extracted from the cocoa mass by horizontal presses. Sub-standard cocoa beans can be pressed without deshelling by using continuous expeller presses. Pure press butter needs no cleaning but it is often deodorized. A solvent extraction process can be used to extract butter from the cake residue left after the expeller process; this type of butter must be refined.
(From http://www.icco.org/questions/chemical.htm )
How is Cocoa Butter Deodorized?
Deodorization of cocoa butter is done using superheated steam under vacuum. It entails the steam stripping and distillation of volatile substances from the butter. The process can take between 30 minutes and 3 hours depending on the degree of deodorization required.
Cocoa butter is pumped into the deodorizer and heated to about 105oC. A vacuum is drawn and superheated steam is admitted through the bottom of the deodorizer and distributed through the cocoa butter via a sparging system. The volatiles are carried over to a condenser where they are removed. The condensate contains mainly free fatty acids and cocoa butter as well as theobromine, caffeine, phospholipids, diglycerides, tocopherols. After releasing the vacuum the cocoa butter is cooled to less than 70oC and pumped into storage
(From http://www.icco.org/questions/deodorisation.htm)
How is Cocoa Butter and other Cocoa Products used in the Cosmetics Industry?
Cocoa butter - It is widely used in cosmetic products such as moisturizing creams and soaps.
Potash from cocoa pod husk - Cocoa pod husk ash is used mainly for soft soap manufacture. To prepare the ash, fresh husks are spread out in the open to dry for one to two weeks. The dried husks are then incinerated in an ashing kiln.
(From http://www.icco.org/questions/byproducts.htm)
...is an edible vegetable fat obtained from cocoa beans. Cocoa Butter contains natural antioxidants, provides a barrier on skin to help retain and restore moisture and improves skins elasticity (good for use on a pregnant tummy). Cocoa Butter is a stable butter with a shelf life of 2-5 years.
(From http://www.brambleberry.com/newsletter.html )
How is Cocoa Butter Extracted?
The fat or cocoa butter can be extracted from the bean in a number of ways. Pure press butter is extracted from the cocoa mass by horizontal presses. Sub-standard cocoa beans can be pressed without deshelling by using continuous expeller presses. Pure press butter needs no cleaning but it is often deodorized. A solvent extraction process can be used to extract butter from the cake residue left after the expeller process; this type of butter must be refined.
(From http://www.icco.org/questions/chemical.htm )
How is Cocoa Butter Deodorized?
Deodorization of cocoa butter is done using superheated steam under vacuum. It entails the steam stripping and distillation of volatile substances from the butter. The process can take between 30 minutes and 3 hours depending on the degree of deodorization required.
Cocoa butter is pumped into the deodorizer and heated to about 105oC. A vacuum is drawn and superheated steam is admitted through the bottom of the deodorizer and distributed through the cocoa butter via a sparging system. The volatiles are carried over to a condenser where they are removed. The condensate contains mainly free fatty acids and cocoa butter as well as theobromine, caffeine, phospholipids, diglycerides, tocopherols. After releasing the vacuum the cocoa butter is cooled to less than 70oC and pumped into storage
(From http://www.icco.org/questions/deodorisation.htm)
How is Cocoa Butter and other Cocoa Products used in the Cosmetics Industry?
Cocoa butter - It is widely used in cosmetic products such as moisturizing creams and soaps.
Potash from cocoa pod husk - Cocoa pod husk ash is used mainly for soft soap manufacture. To prepare the ash, fresh husks are spread out in the open to dry for one to two weeks. The dried husks are then incinerated in an ashing kiln.
(From http://www.icco.org/questions/byproducts.htm)
1.10.2005
Week 1 Accomplishments
Well here is a few things that have been accompished here during the first week of 2005:
1) 2005 Catalog: Its been revamped, updated, and is in the final stages of being checked for correct spelling and grammar.
New Additions for 2005: Just Plain Raspberry Soap, Black Cherry Oatmeal Soap
Discontinued Fragrances: Black Currant, Victorian Violets
2) Blue Glitter Gel: 100 Gels have been made and bottled, just need to be labeled
Note: Glitter Gel has been discontinued in 2005. This means what is made will be sold, and once it's gone, its gone.
3) 2005 Fragrances of the Month have been chosen
January: Goats's Milk Rose
Feburary: Figment (Fig)
March: Almondine (Almond)
April: Dutch Chocolate
May: Gardenia
June: Ginger-Lime
July: Pink Lilac
August: Pomegranite
September: Bella Honeysuckle
October: Halakahiki (Pineapple)
November: Jasmine
December: Coconut
4) Made some soap: Goats' Milk Rose and Rejuvenation (pictures will be posted shortly)
5) Bath Fizzy's Made: About 400 fizzys ready for packaging and labeling (pictures to come)
6) 100 lbs of beeswax clarified. Since the blocks of beeswax I get from a local apiary are anywhere fron 2-10 lbs each, I need to remelt the wax and pop it into molds that make it more manageable to store and weigh for use. 7 days= 100 lbs.
7) New Inventory System. Updated to include mail orders, and consignment stores. I will have a much more accurate view of what is out there and what is in here.
Well on top of getting all that done (with some help thanks to C & J) I started school (Organazational Psyc and Microsoft Word) and even got some of the housework done!
1) 2005 Catalog: Its been revamped, updated, and is in the final stages of being checked for correct spelling and grammar.
New Additions for 2005: Just Plain Raspberry Soap, Black Cherry Oatmeal Soap
Discontinued Fragrances: Black Currant, Victorian Violets
2) Blue Glitter Gel: 100 Gels have been made and bottled, just need to be labeled
Note: Glitter Gel has been discontinued in 2005. This means what is made will be sold, and once it's gone, its gone.
3) 2005 Fragrances of the Month have been chosen
January: Goats's Milk Rose
Feburary: Figment (Fig)
March: Almondine (Almond)
April: Dutch Chocolate
May: Gardenia
June: Ginger-Lime
July: Pink Lilac
August: Pomegranite
September: Bella Honeysuckle
October: Halakahiki (Pineapple)
November: Jasmine
December: Coconut
4) Made some soap: Goats' Milk Rose and Rejuvenation (pictures will be posted shortly)
5) Bath Fizzy's Made: About 400 fizzys ready for packaging and labeling (pictures to come)
6) 100 lbs of beeswax clarified. Since the blocks of beeswax I get from a local apiary are anywhere fron 2-10 lbs each, I need to remelt the wax and pop it into molds that make it more manageable to store and weigh for use. 7 days= 100 lbs.
7) New Inventory System. Updated to include mail orders, and consignment stores. I will have a much more accurate view of what is out there and what is in here.
Well on top of getting all that done (with some help thanks to C & J) I started school (Organazational Psyc and Microsoft Word) and even got some of the housework done!
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